Case is by. Very good afternoon this is out international from moscow its just to midday this friday my names kevin owen im here with this next 30 minute world news roundup for you and 1st the latest figures in the covert 19 pandemic today to brief you on the total number of corona virus cases around the globe as now exceeded 1000000 with the largest numbers of cases registered in the United States italy and spain the number of deaths to continues its troubling rise its now more than 53000 however there is some encouraging news as well the number of recoveries is also soaring and its now exceeded 213. In other news in israel making sure all communities abide by Strict Lockdown rules is proving difficult apparently there are more than 7000 known infections there despite intense Movement Restrictions one hot spot is not wroth a dogs town where locals are ignoring social distancing advice at their cost it appears in this poll a slayer discovered. Welcome to mastering one of the oldest jew
To do. Just. One thing with your house on them. Hello in a welcome across talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle in london Julian Assange and youre standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher saunters libya even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldnt know that for. The Mainstream Media. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of Consortium News dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and cofounder of action for a stone age and were joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or across the cause and effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to the the legal part of this story here will go to our examine me curious alex i mean the Mainstream Media when it does report the tr
A fair trial go ahead our or what i have to say there are certain aspects of the trial which to cause me a great deal of unease are i dont want to go into the. Details too far but firstly are i have to have genuine concerns about the physical layout of the courtroom the fact that he is kept kept behind a glass barrier hes been complaining that this is limited hes contacts with his lawyers there is incidentally case law which says the physical layout of the court room can have bearing on whether a trial is fair or not so for our all or his protests about that have been disregarded but beyond this i am becoming worried by the trend of some of the legal arguments in the very interesting really the process. Seems to have accepted i should say the crown seems have accepted the the things that he has been charged with are political offenses but the argument now seems to be that that isnt relevant at all in extraditing him because the u. K. Extradition act of 2003 doesnt say that people cant
Publisher Julian Assange. Hello in a welcome across talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle in london Julian Assange and youre standing trial one whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher. Even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you would know that from the Mainstream Media. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of consorting. News dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and cofounder of action for astonish and were joined by alexander make your us he is a writer and Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or across the cause and effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to the the legal part of this story here well go to our examine me curious alex i mean the Mainstream Media when it does report the trial it seems to me theres an enormous
The court has allowed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to continue to challenge the decision on his extradition to the United States in UK courts. What does this mean for Assange s legal fight?